Ciaran Bruce

“What greater torment than to see that light, and then to see it eternally withdrawn?”
― Iris Murdoch, The Green Knight

“The grace with which we embrace life, in spite of the pain, the sorrows, is always a measure of what has gone before”
― Alice Walker

“For sixty years I've been shaped by men's point of view on every aspect of my life, from history, politics, music and art to my mind and my body – and centuries more male-centric history before that. I'm saturated with their opinions. I can think and see like a straight white man. I can look at a woman and objectify her, see her how a man sees her. I can think like a male criminal. To stay safe you have to anticipate their thoughts and actions. I can think like a rapist for fuck's sake.”
― Viv Albertine, To Throw Away Unopened

“The fear within me is not the enemy. Rather, the enemy within me is the cowardice that refuses to face the fear.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough